Braydon Smith passes away...RIP

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  1. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Let's think of the opponent too.....not fun for the other guy either....
     
  2. Da Voice

    Da Voice Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yep! Most take a fair bit of time to recover, others never & subsequently walk away from the game.
    However, boxing is most likely his only source of income, so he might not, but will never be a relentless puncher...fearing same outcome.
    I wish him well
     
  3. Geebox

    Geebox Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Condolences to the smith family and gym mates, know the mateship that comes from working together in boxing and pretty sure the toowoomber crew aren't any different.
     
  4. HamburgBuam

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    Kovalev has killed Simakov and is still making fun, while his opponent is hurt.

    Depends on personality.
     
  5. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    RIP

    My thoughts are with Smith's friends and family; as well as with Moralde.
     
  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    You mean Pascal? Kovalev was laughing at the situation, that he attacked Pascal so furiously he made himself fall down, causing the ref to turn his back and completely miss the fact that Pascal was flopping around, out on his feet in the corner. That's what Kovalev was pointing & laughing about.

    It was like "Ref, I'm fine, nothing to see here (for the record I slipped, in case you're still processing whether or not I got knocked down), but you should probably be looking over there at him and making a judgment about letting this continue. :lol:"
     
  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    This sucks. 23 years old.

    There was really no way to have seen this coming.

    Another chilling reminder of how inherently dangerous the sport is.

    RIP.
     
  8. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yea the ref was more concerned with Kov and completely unaware that Pascal was out on his feet. Yea, there's a lot of irony in that.
     
  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Exactly. It wasn't a malicious laugh, it was the absurdity of Pabon gaping at Kovalev at his feet when his attention really ought to have been on already waving off Pascal. That was my read anyway.
     
  10. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Always a sad tale to reflect on. Best wishes to his family
     
  11. Butch Coolidge

    Butch Coolidge Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't know about that. If Smith had trouble making weight and entered the ring after drastic dehydration :nono I'm not going to be happy at all with the Australian boxing authorities.
     
  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    I was thinking more from a matchmaking perspective. Moralde has a low KO% and the ringside accounts do confirm that he was extremely light-hitting, but much faster and more accurate than Smith and thus landed an unreal number of flush uppercuts.

    A sustained beating like that - eg Kennedy vs. Rodríguez - can actually be more devastating than a one-shot KO by a puncher (obviously the worst case scenario would be having the worst of both worlds; a sustained beating from a big puncher, eg Kovalev vs. Simakov and Mancini vs. Kim to an extent)

    ...but you raise a troubling point as well. Not like the commissions down there have a sterling reputation to begin with..
     
  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Never heard of him before this. Poor guy only 23 years old too. Tragic. RIP. :-(
     
  14. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rest in Peace, Champ. May God bless your soul.
     
  15. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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